Watch List notes:

Henry V (1413-22), gold Noble of Six Shillings and Eight Pence, Tower Mint London, class C, King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, broken annulet on hull of ship and on rudder, legend and beaded circle surrounding, h EnRIC'x DI'xGRA'x REX'x AnGL' xZx FRAnC'x DnSx hYB'x, rev. h at centre of ornamental cross with lis terminals, crowns over lions in angles, quatrefoil by head of lion in second quarter of reverse, all within a beaded and linear tressure, fleurs in spandrels, initial mark pierced cross, legend surrounding, +IhC'x AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx mEDIV'x ILLORV'x IBAT, weight 6.99g (cf.Schneider 232; N.1371; S.1742). Toned, a few light nicks and marks, die flaw on head, otherwise good very fine.

Though Henry V's reign only lasted some eight years, the chronology of the coinage has not yet been reliably worked out into dated periods, though there has been as many as nine classes of coin assigned to this reign over these years by George C Brooke. He latterly reduced this to seven classes A to G, of which this is class C, which related to IVa to Va in his earlier classification. Class C coins like that herewith, are defined by the broken annulet on the hull of the ship and a quatrefoil over the lion's head on the upper right quarter of the reverse.

Just over £500,000 worth of gold was struck throughout this reign at the Tower Mint.

Provenance:
Ex A. H. Baldwin and sons Ltd, purchased September 2006 the coin having been sourced at the A.N.A. World's Fair of Money, Denver USA.